the room is narrow approx 9feet wide and 18 feet long. There is a small bay window facing the wall with the fireplace. the door is opposite another small window on the side wall of the house. Am thinking a sofa would be too big so am considering different easy chairs, but don't know what to do. Help
hi Emmeline. Sorry I had to dash yesterday. I will measure out various aspects of the room and maybe that will help. Thank you for your reply. Will post the details tomorrow.
Hi Emmeline. Have measured as best I could. The room is 9ft wide and 18ft long going right up to the bay window sill.Imagine you are standing in the doorway. The door opens inwards and to the left. The space between the open door frame and the wall perpendicular i.e. facing the bay window is approx 2ft. On that perpendicular wall are cubes for art work, a tv and a flat chrome edged gas fire. The fire is 1ft of the ground.. The cube unit is 2ft off the ground as is the tv. So not much space to play around with there. Still standing in the doorway on the wall to your right is a longish radiator. At a slight diaganonal opposite you is a window. Height from floor is 2ft6in. Length of window is 3ft Distance ofrom fire place wall to window is 8ft4in. . Distance from end of window to alcove wall of bay window is 3ft2in. There are two small alcove wall each 2ft6in in length. The bay window is a square shape rather than curved. The length is 4ft. Depth 3ft. Height 2ft.6in.from floor.
We moved house recently so the furniture does not really fit the space. I would like to keep the sofa if possible. It is a standard shape with rounded arms and very comfortable. It is a 2 and 1/2 seater approx 5ft 8in long and 3ft high. In an ideal world I'd like 1920s 30s or mid century scandanavian. But would also like to keep the sofa.
The only thing I can think of doing is put the sofa facing the fire and take it from there. What about a window seat which would also provide storage? If the sofa faces the fire what do I do with the rest of the room? Chair angled at small window... ottoman???
As for colours the room is painted chalk white. When you come in the front door ( 1930s with coloured glass) there is a curved polished plaster wall in burnt umber. So am thinking moss green, mustard i.e autumn colours a la Orla Kiely???
My living room is exactly the same size as yours, give or take a few centimetres, and I had a similar dilemma. Part of my issue was that the house is ex-Council and had a disproportionately large chimney breast. Also, no bay window! I have removed the chimney (not an option for everyone but it has solved SO many issues in my house), put floor to ceiling bookcases on the far narrow end to bring them forward, thus making the room look more square. I got a large chaise corner sofa and put it across the room instead of down the length and tiled the floor horizontally rather than vertically. The result is that the room no longer feels long and narrow and can now comfortably accommodate more people than it did. Hope the photos give some idea- no zoom on the phone.
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